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he and his wife are speaking out today. the most detailed comments are from janay rice, his wife as we know was punched and knocked out by her husband inside of that elevator. we saw it all as it surfaced yesterday. today, she used her instagram account to blame the media for ray rice's new suspension. let me read that for you. she wrote this. i woke up this morning feeling like i had a horrible nightmare, feeling like i'm mourning the death of my closest friend, but to have to accept the fact it is reality is a nightmare in itself. no one knows the pain that the media and unwanted options from the public has caused my family to make us relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing. she goes on to take something away from the man i love that he has worked his ass off for all his life just to gain ratings is horrific. this is our life. what don't you all get if your

intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away. you've succeeded on so many levels. just know, we will continue to grow and show the world what real love is. ravens nation, we love you. we are hearing from ray rice, as well, and rachel nichols. along with a former new york giants player now with the msg network. great to see both of you. rachel, just beginning with you on the news and your text from ray rice, please share. >> yeah, ray rice and i exchanged texts earlier and he said, quote, i'm just holding strong for my wife and my kid. that is all i can do right now. and i know people's reaction to janay rice's instagram post to this text i received from ray. there are people who are confused. they don't understand that sort of bond that both of them are discussing. and this is what we've been talking about for a while, right, brooke? this is a complicated issue. they met in high school, they

were -- they've known each other for more than half their lives. they love each other. they have a child. that doesn't mean there's anything complicated about domestic violence. it doesn't mean there's a shade of gray about hitting a woman. it just means it's a complex relationship and issue. this is different from getting your house broke into. it was a crime and got a lot of layers to it. >> hello. nice to see you again. i hate the circumstances under which we're talking. and, again, i think it's so refreshing to hear your voice. we love having you on, but also just from a player perspective. and just to remind everyone, you know, everyone obviously was aware when it happened. no one had seen it until yesterday. and ray rice was three days from playing a game. >> i think that would have been the worst-case scenario for the nfl. for ray rice to actually suit up and perform on the field, the fact that, you know, the nfl didn't go about it the right y way, but then at the end of the day, i think the suspension, the

being released, not being able to play again, not being able to have the luxury. because it is a luxury to play in the nfl. >> absolutely, 100%. >> i think that's proper. i think the process of how we got there is where everybody has the big problem because we think that it should have been from the beginning. and when you look at domestic violence. my mother actually was -- had a domestic violence hotline in san francisco called women's inc. and she said this is classic domestic violence in terms of the way the victim reacts. they're embarrassed, they don't -- everything they say is out of fear for what could possibly happen to them from their loved one. from the husband, from the person perpetrating this domestic violence against her. this is something even deeper. and maybe janay doesn't realize how battered of a woman she already has been. and how tough this situation -- how deep it really is.

>> can't begin to crawl into her head, have no idea on what someone in her situation would be thinking, feeling, going through. obviously she's frustrated. she's frustrated the media, the whole story out there for everyone to see. but i'm curious if you talk to just other buddies, fellow former players. how they feel, how high this should go. and he is, you know, not mincing words saying goodell needs to go. >> i think goodell has a lot of answering to do. i won't go so far as to say it needs to go, but if you're the commissioner that comes in on the platform that you're going to hold players accountable and the player conduct and hold key players accountable with this new player conduct thing that he came in with, it's a tough job. i mean, it's not easy to do this. you're going to say it, you've got to do it. and ultimately, he got there, but just like i said before, the -- >> he got shoved into it. and that is a huge problem. you can't -- >> how do you mean? >> you can't bring a sports league kicking and screaming.

tmz should not have to release a video to get you to act. if they hadn't decided to put this on their website yesterday, ray rice would be playing in that game on thursday. >> absolutely right. >> and that can't be the way you run a sports league. that can't be a way you discipline people. that can't be the example you set. it cannot work that way. if the nfl claims it is a leader, is the shield, they always talk about that, right? protecting the shield. you've got to take a leadership role. and we haven't seen that from them over the entire course of this case or, frankly, with the other cases that they have going on in the league. and, you know, i've been talking about this all day. >> i know, i know you have. we're grateful for you doing that and covering this whole story. had this happened. had this not happened to ray rice. let's say initially back when he was suspended two games, and a b team player, what would've happened to him? >> he would have been gone right away. the fact he has currencies in the nfl which is the way he plays, which gives him another opportunity. is that right or wrong? i tend to think it's wrong.

in this case, it's proving to be wrong. >> wrong, wrong, wrong. >> let's not pretend the nfl is the only -- >> right. come on. >> the fact he's not in jail. how could a prosecutor look at that and say, oh, we'll give him -- oh, was it mediation? >> right. exactly. >> diversionary, how does that happen? >> instead of re-victimizing someone. here's my other question, too. and, again, going back to mike wise, talking about potentially his next column saying, listen, we're all enablers. we love football. it's not a multimillion, it's a multibillion dollar industry. and, you know, whatever happens with ray rice if he's gone, gone, gone or gone for a little while, people still love the sport. and they love the game and love to forgive. am i wrong? >> you're right. but i don't think domestic violence and football should even be connected together. this is an outlier. >> there are other players facing -- >> i do think, you have to look at it in context. there are the justice system

messed up here, right? we all think that the atlantic city you were talking about the prosecutors, how did he let him go? everybody in new jersey should -- it means they need to address the problem. >> the outline situation. >> we can all love football and still love the sport, but we can demand that the sport do better. >> how do we do that? >> well, i think that we look at the cases coming up. ray rice's situation is discipli disciplined, he's handled and we can all be outraged about how it happened. he was convicted, not just charged, but convicted of domestic violence charges for throwing his pregnant girlfriend on to a couch with machine guns on it, with guns on it. and he's still playing in the nfl because he has appealed for a jury trial. and while they let that process play out, they're going to let him play. you can be upset with ray mcdonald who has had a domestic violence incident and a week later was on the football field. >> two star players, right?

>> felony domestic violence charges, and he's still playing. so let's direct this into holding the nfl more accountable. >> okay. deal. >> the league has to do better. they have to. they have to lead on this issue. right now they're following. >> especially if you're commissioner goodell who came in when he came -- when he got the job a couple years ago on this player accountability holding players to a higher level. you've got to be, it's not an easy job to do that, and you took that on, you have to take it on and be and play that role throughout the whole way. >> it's not just with drugs. it's not just with guns. it's with treating women well, too. >> amen and we're directing it. i hear you loud and clear, my friend. thank you so very much. listen, nfl officials are not the only ones getting slamm eme for how they handled ray rice. how they could have let him off knocking out his then fiancee and now wife. no jail time? how is that possible? also ahead, president obama

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states that many expect could change the calculus on the role of the u.s. in both syria and iraq. plan to hunt down and ultimately destroy isis militants. before we, americans, hear his game plan at 9:00 eastern tomorrow, the president is right now taking that plan to congress, leaders, calling in the top four leaders in in what he is calling congressional buy-in. buy-in can mean a lot of things. for now, he isn't seeking formal authorization, though he may make the case for a multibillion dollar counterterrorism fund. and the president could cite some new cnn poll numbers to do that. as you see, a majority of americans now say they support continued u.s. air strikes on isis in iraq. and just one more thing, a virtually identical number actually support air strikes inside of syria. joining me now, dana bash, the chief congressional correspondent and newt gingrich outlining some of the questions congressional leaders should be asking the president, he would

know as a former house speaker. welcome to both of you. and dana bash, just first to you out of the gate. looking ahead to tomorrow night, really for this meeting today between, you know, the president and his congressional leaders, what can we expect from this meeting? >> well, we know that the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell is going to tell the president he does think that congress should have a role. and he does think that congress should authorize the strategy that the president is going to put out there. he said so publicly, he said so on the campaign trail, i was with him in kentucky a couple of weeks ago. and he told me that he is going to say so privately in the meeting with the president they're having as we speak. but despite the fact he says he believes that, that a majority of the republican caucus in the senate believes that, there is very, very much a split. some democrats agree. this is a big deal. a big imminent threat and congress needs to have a role. the flip side is that we are hearing almost as firmly, but

maybe not as publicly that many democrats and republicans are looking at the calendar, to see many of them are up for election or re-election in about two months. and that this is a very dicey thing. and that maybe it's best to leave this to the president, not get on record with something that may be popular according to that poll you just showed. >> right. >> but these things have a tendency to spiral out of control. so that's sort of where the reality is now. and let me put one other political reality in here, and i'm sure that the former speaker would agree with this. that for mitch mcconnell saying it's okay to take a vote and we should take a vote might be not, you know, not to say this is all politics here, but might be politically beneficial. because the majority of the vulnerable senators are democrats. so if this could be potentially hurtful to anybody, it would be most likely to democrats in the senate. the ones he wants defeated to be

majority leader rather than republicans. >> okay. and mr. gingrich, we can get you to respond to that. i'm curious, just from your perch, you know, some time ago, as the former speaker and just knowing what, you know, what prime time means for the white house. i mean, do you think when we see the president appear at 9:00 tomorrow night, what would justify? what would he say -- okay. we're just with you, newt. what would he say? what would he need to say? what bit of news would he be dropping on america at 9:00 at night? >> well, this would be one of the most important speeches of his entire presidency. he's speaking as commander in chief, he's speaking about national security. he's speaking about war and that's what -- no other way to characterize it. here's a man that did everything he could to get us out of the middle east. now having to explain why we're going back into the middle east, adding yet another country, syria, was clearly is going to have to be bombed as part of this. so this is a very, very important speech, i think it was

exactly right to give it a night. it's exactly right for the networks to carry it. this isn't about politics. this is about the united states in a wartime situation against an enemy who has promised to kill us if they can. and i think we need to take them very seriously. if they can destroy us, they will. if they just have to cut our heads off one by one, they will. these are bad people. and the president's exactly right to go to the country. but i agree with mitch mcconnell. he had better ask the congress to wrap itself around this. this should not be obama's campaign. this should be an american campaign endorsed by the american congress. >> okay. just to run through, too, newt some of your points. for these congressional leaders to ask of the president, a narrow focus of iraq and syria is doomed to fail. but ending radical islamism, that is key. but my push to you is how is that -- how is that even realistic? ending radical islamism?

>> well, you look at what prime minister david cameron's now doing in great britain. he's taking very severe steps. he is lifting the passports of people. he has also said they're going to imprison people. he's prepared to go into the schools and change what they're teaching. he's been very direct in the last three or four days. remember, two of the people killed recently are from minnesota. one of those people had actually had ten years of clearance to be on the airport in minneapolis among, around some commercial airliners. what if that guy instead of going to syria to be a terrorist had decided to be a terrorist on the airport? this is big stuff, over 10,000 foreign terrorists from over 50 countries who have flocked to the islamic republic. i think we have to confront this as a worldwide phenomenon, much closer to than it is to nation state warfare. >> so you bring up david cameron and all those restrictions, he's laid out all these plans, how

has the president counter that, realistically? >> introducing a bill that says in effect if you sign on with the islamic republic, you cease to be an american citizen. i think that we're -- that we know that there are recruiters in minneapolis-st. paul today targeting young women, three of whom who have apparently left for syria in the last few weeks. anybody who is a recruiter ought to be, frankly, locked up in jail. anybody who is raising money for them ought to be locked up in jail. this is going to be a serious worldwide campaign. it's not just happening in iraq and syria. it's happening all across the planet. and the fact that there are over 10,000 foreign terrorists from over 50 countries should sober all of us who care about both our civilization and our safety. >> what about military? what about specifics? what about not just -- what about air strikes versus ground, versus arming the kurds, potentially even the syrian

army? >> look, first of all, i think it's quite clear that we can have enormous impact. we're already starting to have an impact. our air power with local ground forces. i think if we expand the training such as the iraqi battalions helpful in the last few weeks, a handful of americans in there and special forces who are providing targeting for the aircraft. we can degrade the islamic republic pretty rapidly. and if we ally ourselves, you will find folks in the region who suddenly decide they're with us. one of the tests of the president is, we have to lead. we can't say we'll do as much as the iraqis or we'll do as much as the turks. if we're serious about this, we can put together a coalition, but it will be an american led coalition. >> hmm. newt gingrich, thank you so much for coming on. and we'll be watching the president speaking tomorrow night 9:00 from the white house. moving away from that and

back to ray rice here and this whole story. listen, he may be out of football. does he belong in a jail cell? that's what a lot of people are asking today. did someone drop the ball in this case? let him off a little too easy? and this case says something about domestic violence across the country. but do celebrities get a pass? and while the nfl is taking a lot of criticism, should fans have taken a stand against ray rice?

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of. the time line that led to his suspension has been months in the making. why did it take actually seeing the video from inside of that elevator before something of this magnitude was done? again today, the nfl reiterated it had not seen the video before tmz released it for the whole world to see yesterday. and i should add, we're learning this today, the casino where this whole thing happened released the following statement regarding that video. they say this, rebel, this is the company, the casino group cooperated fully with the investigation. giving the tape to the atlantic city police, the atlantic county

prosecutors office, the division of gaming enforcement and ray rice's own attorney. but added they can't comment. so, let me bring in hln host jane velez-mitchell. we have a lot to talk about on this one. good to see you here. >> good to see you. >> before we get into what you're passionate about, i want to make sure you share that. i'm curious in learning what the casino says who they shared that tape with. knowing it was the prosecutor's office was included in that list and he was given, diversionary? >> yeah, an intervention program where basically his record will be completely wiped clean as if it never happened. and that's because we have a two-tiered system of justice in this country. one for the rich and famous, the other for everyone else. do you know how many times i've gone in to cover celebrity court cases and gotten there early and people with public defenders -- boom, boom, boom, boom. it's happening so fast. sent away for years without a second thought while all the parties, the judge and the defense attorney and the

prosecutor know each other and chuckle away. their lives ruined. but then when the celebrity comes in, whoa, it slows down. >> changes the game. >> totally changes the game. this is privilege and power. absolutely. >> women unite. the point you were saying in the commercial. >> here's the thing that really, i've been thinking about more and more. this is part of a war on women. this wasn't taken seriously because it involves a woman. now, we know donald sterling was banned for life from the nba for racist comments. shouldn't domestic violence be as serious as racism? i certainly think so. but we live in this post feminist stage where a lot of women who don't even know who gloria steinham is -- i think we should call on all women for a new wave of feminism. let us unite and get back into standing together as a gender

and saying, no. the nfl will not change its ways unless they feel their pocketbook is at stake. remember, women are in the household, we control the remotes. and we can really put a dent in their business if they refuse to take violence against women seriously. >> exactly what a "washington post" columnist calling for the end of the commissioner to step down. he says he was getting letters from fans of the nfl and they say they are not patronizing these games until more changes are made. thank you so much. jane velez-mitchell, i appreciate it. and i will speak live with two survivors of domestic abuse, their powerful stories as we cover the whole story here coming up. also ahead, apple. apple has been criticized for not releasing any new products. but today, it unveiled a long awaited device. could it be the next big thing? we'll show you coming up.

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>> shift the focus back on why does he beat her? because it puts the responsibility of the abuse back on to the victim. now, in her particular case. i would imagine as i think back to my situation what was a primary concern to me was keeping my family together. what was a primary concern to me was not to have another relationship failure. another primary concern was the threat of physical violence and/or murder. that was a real factor in my relationship. >> that was something you woke up and thought about? >> absolutely. every single day when you're in a violent relationship, you're walking on eggshells. and so, what i find very interesting about this, the public outcry is the fact that nothing has changed from the

time that first video came out showing him dragging her out of the elevator. now we see the inside. now we see what happened inside the elevator, which actually contradicts what some of the commentary was at the time. we see very clearly he initiated that first punch. we see he also initiated the second punch. it's just a very unfortunate state. the fact is our society needs to see something so graphic in order to have any type of sympathy for an obvious victim of violence. >> that's the thing you talk about. nothing's changed. what has changed is he is, you know, off the team. and i know, i want to hear your voice, too, people are calling on bigger changes, larger changes within the nfl.

just given everything you've seen, read, heard, your own experience with domestic violence cases, what's your read on this? >> i think that ray rice, he instigated the entire thing. i think when i saw, when i initially saw the video and they were walking down a corridor going into the elevator, it seemed like janay was mad at him for something. i don't know what, but she was leading the way. like they were, you know, leaving both being angry. and when they get into the elevator, you know, you see him go up to her and say something and then he -- he makes a hit, he tries to hit her, he hits her. she comes back, you know, as if to say, you know, don't do that to me. and then, that's when he knocks her out. it was that, it was completely malicious. and being a victim of domestic violence, being, actually in

janay's position at one time, you know, getting abused and going on to marry this person thinking i can change him. i can make him better. >> we don't know what she's thinking. i get a little uncomfortable, you know, thinking about what she could be thinking or feeling. we have no idea what she could be thinking or feeling, but i think your point is, you know, despite all of this after this indictment she went on to marry the man. and she, you know, instagram is saying today, i love him. we're working through this. and she's mad at the media and everyone who is slamming them. and i'm curious if you experienced this with what you went through talking to another survivor. she was almost saying going through these beatings in an odd way bonded them versus society. >> and it's a theory, it's called trauma bonding. so when you think about it. this man who she has pledged her love for, who has -- she has

bonded with on every single level. and you think of stockholm syndrome and how people can bond with their kidnappers. this is what happens with victims of violence. and so what she's doing, unfortunately, is very reflective of a common thread that exists with then victims of domestic violence. janay needs compassion. she does not need judgment. >> yes. thank you for saying that. >> she is caught in a cycle of abuse. she herself is not aware because she's in the middle of this. exactly how she's been manipulated. how the team put her out, you know, to the pasture and used her as a tool to defend a blatant batterer. and now, again, and i say this at the beginning, what's so infuriating to me is the fact that the nfl had an opportunity. the goodell had an opportunity. when that video first came out and i find it improbable, not

impossible but improbable that they never saw what happened inside that elevator. because we know the defense team most likely had access to that. now, here. he gave a two-game suspension. there was a huge outcry. he took a stand. but now because of the new video, now they cut him. to me, what that looks like is protecting your brand. it's distancing yourself from a player who has no longer, now the benefit, you know, is minimized by his liability based upon this huge position that goodell took saying we are going to be the leaders in professional sports, and we're taking a zero tolerance policy. and now -- and, again, what was very interesting was that he said it was not retroactive. now all of a sudden, everyone's outcrying, now it's retroactive. that hypocrisy right there, that's very disturbing to me. >> there are people asking very serious questions about the nfl,

about goodell's status. and, you know, it's like who is watching the nfl? what's true? what isn't? and i think ultimately it'll be maybe journalists who will hold the nfl's feet to the fire and find out who did or didn't see the video. nfl says they didn't see it. but i appreciate you very much. and thank you very much. so important to have this conversation and compassion, not judgment. for more information on organizations that help with domestic violence, go to cnn.com/impact. a year from now, will many americans be wearing these things? apple watches. apple certainly hopes so. we'll take a look at what they revealed this afternoon. plus, new video from inside the white house as we mentioned, president obama meeting with leaders from congress about a strategy against isis. the one he is expected to reveal to the nation tomorrow night prime time stay here. [kevin] no more tossin' and turnin', trying to find a comfortable spot in bed.

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all right, you apple nerds, myself included. the wait is over, apple's new iphone is here. actually, two phones. >> these are the new iphones. the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus. they are without a doubt the best iphones we've ever done. >> the best, they say. one iphone bigger than the other. have a retina hd display. apple says it's the thinnest phone it's ever made. let's go to my go-to tech analyst at apple hq in

cupertino, california. katie, tell me about those phones. are you excited? >> i'm very excited. let me tell you something, it is apple picking season here in cupertino. and to your points that you just made on both iphone 6s, the things we expected, obviously, thinner, lighter, faster, bigger battery boosts which is always welcome and a better camera. but the theme of the day is bigger is better. right now, the screen size on your iphone is about 4 inches, now it's going to be 4.7 or 5.5 iphone 6 plus. it's in this tablet category. another big add-in feature was apple pay. you're going to have the capability to pay at a cash register with your iphone. >> no way. >> this is something that i think apple could take over and make very popular. now, one other note from the day and probably got the most attention was also unveiled was apple watch. a smart watch, a cool design coming in a number of different styles and additions. one for sport, one that's a

little bit more business like. and what's very cool about it, it displays texts, e-mails, you can even send somebody your beating heartbeat or an animated emoji. yes, please. but the biggest emphasis on the smart watch. the iphone 6s, september 19th. you have to wait a little bit for the apple watch. what's cool about it, yeah, you can pay with your watch at a cash register, as well. but it's a fitness tracker. if i was nike fuel band or jawbone or the fitbits of the world, comprehensively taking your data. it's also an awesome fitness tracker and awesome for e-mails and text. >> i'm taking all of this in. how much is the watch? how much would that set me back? >> watch is coming in at $349 next year. >> katie, thank you so much. i appreciate it. in cupertino, california. all things apple for us. and now all things fashion, gwen

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she took a little time off and now gwen stefani is back. the singer, designer and mom returns with a brand new collection. she tells nischelle turner her celebrity label is here to stay. >> reporter: mom, singer, songwriter and fashion stedesig 37 there is no doubt gwen stefani has talent. and after a brief hiatus, she's ready to show off her other child. >> for this collection, it's a little orange county, a little jamaican, a little english girl. we're calling it the new nomad. >> reporter: she's had quite the adventu adventure, releasing a new record, becoming a mom for the third time being and releasing signed on to be a coach on the

voice voice. but her experience doubled as the latest inspiration. >> i feel like my life is in a new choop ter and everything is so colorful and light. when you look at the collection, it really does look like that. it looks like i'm a monarch butterfly. >> reporter: lamb, as in love angel music baby, a brand no doubt front woman has been able to keep alive for over a decade. and the feat that hasn't been easy. >> i have to fight every day to keep these brands alive i think. it's work and it's just like anything else that you you do. you have to like work on it. >> reporter: and she works hard to keep the brand alive, incorporating her love of music and fashion together, even using the set of the voice as inspiration. >> it's so interesting to see people that can actually, you

know, they can sing really good or whatever, but they don't maybe have their personality is coming out in their fashion. and it makes such a huge difference to be up there and have like watch these kids evolve with the way they're dressing. so i think that's why fashion and music have always gone side by side because it's personality, it's store telling. >> reporter: since its debut, the style and success has depended heavily on its number one follower. >> i am a lamb customer, but i feel like i've evolved. like we all to.

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confirmation today of what could turn out to be the biggest theft of retail information to date. home depot. they stole credit card information of millions of customers. they are putting it in the estimate of some 60 million. that is far more than a data breach at target. that hit 40 million people. the home depot hack may have started as early as april and lasted until early last week. stores in the u.s. and canada

were hit, so if you bought something from home depot online, you're okay. you're in the clear. home depot.com was not affected. if it was the store, check your finances. thank you so much for being with me today. we'll see you tomorrow. "the lead" starts right now. the nation's top political leaders are all in one room at the white house right now. can they put their differences aside and come together to agree on a strategy to fight isis? i'm jake tapper in this morning. and this is "the lead". the world lead. will the president ask congress for authorization to attack isis? does he even need to? a day before the president is set to finally reveal his strategy in prime time. the sports lead. one of the few people defending ray rice is the woman that he so brutally assaulted on video. harvey levin whose website tmz release that had video joins us with claims thathe